Rick did not refuse the arrival of these mercenary group leaders, on the contrary, Rick was very happy to invite all the mercenary group leaders into the lord's mansion to attend the dinner, and the six or seven tables of banquets in the hall of the lord's mansion seemed to prove that Rick had already made relevant preparations.

At the beginning of the feast, of course, Rick spoke, and it can be said that in just one sentence, Rick easily persuaded all the small and partially medium-sized mercenary group leaders, and he said: "I know that the leaders of all mercenary groups are worried about the benefits they are about to lose, but I, Marquis Xiahua, can assure you here that I will definitely guarantee that you will get the relevant benefits, and the way to get it is for the lord's mansion to hire the mercenary groups under the captains to take on the responsibility of protecting Xiangcheng, The commission will be double the amount of protection you could have received before, and from tomorrow the members of the mercenary group will be able to go to the Lord's Mansion to collect the gold. ’

All mercenary groups are chasing interests and surviving, in the past, they took on the responsibility of protecting merchants in Xiangcheng, charging a certain fee to merchants, which is both unsafe and unstable, if there is a problem with the people to be protected one day, they may even lose their capital, and now Rick's approach is very easy to dispel their concerns, simply put, what they have to do is exactly the same as before, but they can get twice as much money as before, and at the same time, it is much more stable, If you don't do such a good thing, then this mercenary group must be all fools.

So the banquet was very warm, the wine was over three rounds and the dishes were five flavors, and most of the leaders of the mercenary group had already called Rick Count Xia Hua or Lord Xia Hua, except for the four large mercenary groups, all the leaders of the mercenary group signed the agreement that Rick had prepared a long time ago. And this is also the first time that Rick has signed an agreement with someone else as the lord of Xiangcheng. According to the estimation of later historians and archaeologists, it is extremely rare and collectible. A letter of agreement signed by Rick at this time can be sold for a sky-high price of 50,000 gold coins.

After a full meal. The only ones who remained in the lord's mansion were the leaders of the four major mercenary groups, and a much more complicated negotiation was kicked off.

The secret telepathic communication technique of the Yulu Tong Guò Dark Clan is asking the Dark Guardian Beast that has just returned for the information it has seen and received.

The Blood Phoenix, which can fly tens of thousands of meters in the air, and the Dark Guardian Beast, which can see things clearly in the dark, are worthy of being the best spy partners, and it took half a day to find out the situation of the mysterious and strange legion, and the Blood Phoenix and the Dark Guardian Beast with enough intelligence can not speak, except that they can't speak. The IQ is not much lower than that of humans, so the Gyokuro Tong Guò Psychic Communication Technique can almost have a direct conversation with them.

'What do you see?' ’

'People, there are many people, there are several nations, the third brigade of the fourth legion of the Karinkel Empire, an entire legion of the kingdom of Shuka, a brigade of the galloping kingdom, half of the legion of the lark country. A super-large mercenary group in the Wasteland Country, as well as a squad of Phaedoni, camped together thirty miles south of Xiangcheng. ’

'What do they want to do?' Gyokuro Tong Guò asked the Psychic Communication Technique.

They wanted to use the traitors to capture the Divine Fortress and then drive straight in. Originally, they were going to come to Xiangcheng to replenish, but because Xiangcheng had been in a mess recently, they were only stationed thirty miles south of Xiangcheng. I plan to start heading for the Divine Seal Fortress after getting supplies in a few days. ’

'Who will supply them?' ’

When they had a meeting, they said that it was two mercenary groups. One is called the Miracle Mercenary Group and the other is called the Blue Dragon Mercenary Group, and they are both mercenary groups that tend to the Four Kingdoms of the North and the Kingdom of Shuka. ’

……

Gyokuro quickly got the information she wanted. After thanking the Dark Guardian Beast in the most intimate way of the Dark Clan, Yulu excitedly told Rick who was still talking to the leaders of the four mercenary groups, and at this time, it was the time when Rick's bargaining with the four mercenary groups was the most intense.

'It is impossible to get three times the profit of the previous one, as the lord of Xiangcheng, I can give the small mercenary group twice the profit of the previous one, because their savings will make a huge contribution to the security of my territory, but I will not give you four mercenary groups any increase in the profits of the past, because your savings will only make me and the people of my territory feel in crisis. 'Rick opened his mouth for a territory and closed his mouth for a lord, as if he had been the lord of this incense city for a long time.

'So how does Count Xia Hua plan to settle our mercenary group?' Do we want to do something that violates the rules of mercenaries for the sake of profit and survival? The leader of the Holy Light Mercenary Regiment, Lauders, said softly and firmly, his tone was calm, but it felt a little threatening.

"No, of course not, Captain Lauders, in fact, I have a few plans for your reference. Rick said neatly, "There is one easiest way, that is, Xiangcheng will soon set up a garrison and an escort team, responsible for the security of Xiangcheng, if you are interested, you can directly join my garrison, and the cost of armaments will be paid by the lord's mansion." ’

Hearing this, the leader of the Night Wolf Mercenary Regiment nodded silently, turned his head to look at Wei Mang, who was sitting beside Rick, and there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, while the leader of the Miracle Mercenary Regiment, Bubaro, who represented the Huca Empire, had a look of disagreement on his face, and said with a little excitement: "How is this possible, my mercenary group does not want to be a lackey of a certain lord." ’

Rick didn't get angry, but said calmly, "Of course, if you are not willing to accept such an arrangement, there can be other ways to make the transition, one of which is that your entire mercenary group, as a whole, will be temporarily employed by my Xiangcheng Lord's Mansion. It is equivalent to the lord's mansion hiring everyone to jointly maintain the order of Xiangcheng, but the difference with other small mercenary groups is that the big mercenary group will be responsible for the overall security of a certain city in Xiangcheng, of course, in order to achieve a balance, your costs and benefits will only be eighty percent of the original, not twice that of the small mercenary group. ’

Long Shan, the leader of the Blue Dragon Mercenary Regiment, flickered in his eyes when he heard that he was in charge of the security of a certain city, and almost immediately took over the conversation and said: "This method is still better, it will not cause conflicts between us, and it can temporarily solve the problem in front of us." ’

Just as he was saying these words, Gyokuro's latest information arrived, and Rick smiled and said, "In order to make everyone feel more at ease to develop our territory Xiangcheng, I have decided to tell you some special news. After a pause, Rick said, "The mysterious legion rumored in the city before was stationed thirty miles south of Xiangcheng, and this legion of more than 200,000 people was put together by the armies and mercenaries of six countries, and the purpose should not be the rumored Xiangcheng, but the Shenfeng Fortress not far from here. A simple piece of information set off a monstrous wave in the hearts of the leaders of the four major mercenary groups.

When Long Shan heard the news, he felt that his eyes were dark, because he was tempted by the huge amount of money from the four northern countries, so that the entire Qinglong mercenary group became the eyeliner of the northern four countries, what he was most afraid of was the failure of the plan of the four northern countries this time, because if he couldn't take the Shenfeng Fortress, then all the qiē he did was no longer meaningful, not only could he not get the huge benefits they promised to capture the fortress, but at the same time, he might also face the retaliation of the garrison of the Shenfeng Fortress, And when the information of the legion station was easily said by the marquis of an empire, Long Shan felt that such a plan had almost no possibility of success, in Long Shan's concept, the reason why Rick had this information must have been sent by the garrison of the Divine Fortress, he did not think of this crucial information at all, no one knew about the Divine Fortress yet, and Rick did not seem to understand the importance of this news very much.

When Bubaro heard the news, he was so used to killing people that he naturally wanted to kill the young marquis in front of him, so as not to let this influential news spread. But Bubaro only had a slight idea, and was immediately stared at by more than five people, the four guards who had been standing behind Rick, except for Lu Guangtou, who did not react, the other three, Xu Zhenzhen's phantom beast phoenix suddenly flashed out of thin air, and Akith began to mumble to himself, silently chanting a mysterious prayer, as long as Bubaro had any abnormal movement, Akith believed that he could turn him into a huge ice cube in a second, and Shui Zhuxiu's left hand held the long knife in an instant, and his right hand made a gesture to draw the knife. In addition to the guards, Gyokuro, who was standing beside Rick, seemed to suddenly disappear into the darkness, and the green heron, who had been sitting on Rick's right hand, stretched out with all his strength, and in an instant, five killing intent enveloped Bubaro, making Bubaro feel like he had difficulty breathing.

At this time, Rick's voice sounded again.."I think the sturdiness of the Shenfeng Fortress does not need me to explain to you, as the lord of Xiangcheng, I am also the deputy commander of the garrison of the Shenfeng Fortress, I believe that you don't need me to explain to you, you can also understand that this battle almost does not need to be fought, and the winner can be divided." After a pause, Rick said in a tone similar to warning and persuasion: "I know that some of the regimental commanders have something to do with such a legion, so I want to advise you, contact your forces, and leave my territory as much as possible, I don't like war, let alone war in my territory, but if someone wants to create chaos in my territory, I, Xia Hua Permon, will definitely not be merciful, the Divine Seal Fortress now has nearly 50,000 garrisons, any action, I'll all cut the troublemakers to pieces. ’

After saying a lot of warning words, Rick changed his words and said lightly: "Of course, although Xiangcheng is already my territory now, I will not bring the methods of the empire's management of the territory to Xiangcheng, I respect Xiangcheng's development methods, and I don't want Xiangcheng to change too much, I just hope that Xiangcheng will be restored to its previous state, everyone is doing business here, everyone is living happily here, I believe everyone is the same." (To be continued......)